Kansas City mayor ‘horrified’ to learn of stabbing at Northeast Middle School
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Northeast Middle School stabbing
Kansas City police responded to a stabbing on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Northeast Middle School, 4904 Independence Ave. Arriving officers found 14-year-old Manuel J. Guzman with stab wounds in a bathroom. He was taken to a hospital where he died later that day. Another student was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder in Jackson County Juvenile Court.
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Kansas City’s mayor said that his office is in communication with the local school district following a stabbing at a middle school Tuesday morning.
A life-threatening stabbing involving two students was reported just after 9 a.m. at Northeast Middle School, part of the Kansas City Public Schools school district.
“Our schools should always be safe environments for our young people to learn,” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas wrote on Twitter. “I am horrified to learn of a stabbing at a Kansas City middle school just after the beginning of the school day. We are in touch with our school district partners and authorities.”
One victim, a student, was taken to Children’s Mercy with critical injuries, said Officer Donna Drake, a spokeswoman for the Kansas City Police Department. A person of interest has been detained, police said.
The school, at 4904 Independence Ave., went on lockdown as police responded to the scene. Students were dismissed for the remainder of the day as police continued investigating the aggravated assault.
“We are gathering information and will be working closely with the KCPD to understand what happened today,” KCPS spokeswoman Elle Moxley said.
The Star’s Aarón Torres and Robert A. Cronkleton contributed.
This story was originally published April 12, 2022 at 1:15 PM.
